Suspender connection



M.STARMEH, SUSPE'NDEH CONNECTION. APPLICATION FILED AUG.5, 1'920.

Patented-June 2s, 1921.

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UNTED STATES PATaNr OFFICE.

SUSPENDER CONNECTION.

Specification of Letters Fatent.

Patented J une 28, 1921.

Application filed August 5, 1926. Serial No. 401,328.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that l, MARY S'rnnarnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at New-l port News, in the county of Warwick and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Suspender Connections, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to improi`vl ments in suspender connections, which may be utilized in conjunction with mens suspenders or womens garment supporters.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a flexible and adjustable connectionof this type, which is capable of freedom in movement to adapt itself to different positions assumedl by the wearer, and which provides a confortable and eliicient means for performing its required functions.

To this end the invention consists in certain novel combinations and arrangements of parts involving a two piece guard-buckle or connection for the suspender strap and button-hole tabs or suspending` tabs as will be hereinafter more specilically set forth and claimed.

lhile hereinafter referring to the invention as a suspender connection for niens wear, it will readily be apparent that the subject matter of the invention may be embodied in various ways for aifording an eilicient, simple, and durable part of a garment supporting or suspending device.

ln the accompanying drawings l have illustrated one complete example of the physical embodiment of my invention, wherein the parts are combined and arranged according to the best mode l have so far devised for the practical application of the principles of my invention.

Figure l is a view in eleva-tion showing a portion of the shoulder strap of a pair of Suspenders with my guard-buckle suspending the button-hole strap therefrom.

Fig. 2 is a rear view showing the guardbuckle and a portion of the button-hele tabs` the shoulder strap being shown in dotted lines.

Fig. 3 is a view in perspective depicting the buckle portion of the device and a frag mentof the buttondiole tabs suspended from the buckle hooks.

Fig. 4 is a vertical, sectional view on the broken line r-d of Fig. l.

Fig.V 5 is a rear perspective view of the buckle guard.`

F ig. 6 is alfragmentary perspective view showing the method of connecting the button-hole tabs to the buckle hooks.

In the illustratedform of my invention as shown in the drawings l designatesa shoulder strap of flat web preferably of inelastic material or fabric which is doubled back or folded upon itself to form a loop 2. The shoulder strap may or may not be provided with a' usual adjusting device, not shown, for varying the length of the ystrap.vr

T he two buttonholes tabs 3, 3 are :spaced apart, and each is provided with a perforation Il near its upper end. The strap and tabs may be suitably reinforced to render them durable and able to withstand wear, due to ordinary use of the device.

rlhe buckle guard as a whole is indicated by the numeral 5 in Fig. 5, and is fashioned in inverted U-shape as disclosed in the drawings. The front plate 6, which is smooth metal member may be ornamented as desired, and the back plate 7 is stamped or cut out to form an inwardlybent panel 8. The formation of the panel provides a longitudinal slot 9 near the lower edge of the back plate, and also provides a bar 9 entending substantially the length of the plate.

ln Fig. lit will be seen that the loep 2 of the shoulder strap is passed around the bar Qand through the slot 9, and by this means the guard 5 is secured to the shoulder strap. The end bars of the back plate 7 retain the loop 2 in position, and the material of the loop neatly fits about the bar 9 as shown, A shorter longitudinally extending slot i0 is provided in the metal of the panel S for the accommodation of the buckle.

is shown in Fig. 3 the suspending buckle is fashioned of a single piece of wire of proper dimensions and suitable gage and this buckle is partially inclosed within the guard At its extremities the buckle is formed with downwardly bent U-shaped end hooks l2, l2 over which the perforated ends l of the button-hole tabs 3 are suspended. Centrally of the buckle are provided a pair of double bends 13, 13 forming an upper retaining arm and a lower retaining arm, and the material or wire of theV buckle is offset at ld in the joint between the buckle and these retaining arms.

'are inclosed within the inverted U-shape guard 5. Because of the suspending connection of the tabs on their hooks within the guard the tabs are securely attached on their hooks, and are not likely to become accidentally displaced. yThe arrangement of the buckle with its arms 13 exterior' of the slotted back plate 8 permits the required freedom omovement of the tabs with rela tion to the guard, and by this means a comfortable and flexible suspender connection is provided. The device is simple in construction, involving as it does a two piece connecting device, and the strap and tabs are attached to the suspender connectionin a simple, but proicient manner.

`Having thus fully described my invention what I claini as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l. In a suspender connectionthe combination with an inverted U-shape guard having a panel formed with a slot, and forming an attaching bar, of a shoulder strap attached to said bar, a buckle retained within said guard, and hooks on said buckle, and perforated button-hole tabs suspended from said hooks within the guard.

2. A suspender connection including an inverted U-shape guard and shoulder strap attached thereto, said guard having a slot in its rear plate, a buckle within said guard, and perforated button-hole tabs suspended :trom said buckle and integral retaining arms von said buckle exterior of the slotted back plate, for the purpose described. v Y

3. The combination in a suspenderfconnection with' a looped shoulder strap, of an invertedv U-shape guard having al slotted panel stamped 'from its rear plate andan attaching bar for said shoulder strap, a buckle inclosedV within said guard having downwardly bent U-shaped end hooks, perforated button-hole tabs suspended on said hooks, said buckle having an oifset portion extending outwardly through a slot in the panel, and upwardly and downwardly eX- tending integral arms onsaid buckle exV- terior or' the slotted panel.

MARY STARMER. 

